I’ve been thinking about stress and how we deal with it. Consider your dog and any challenges you might have in your training. Those challenges could be creating anxiety for you, and your dog will pick up on your emotions. You are not alone if you find yourself stressing about your dog.
In the episode you'll hear:
- What happened with my dog Shelby when I locked my keys in the car.
- Why I check in with myself when I feel stressed.
- How I look for every day with my dogs to be a great day.
- An update on my puppy’s resource guarding.
- The science of our dogs taking on our emotions.
- About thinking of the future rather than the past.
- What we can do for our dogs by being curious.
- How we are all in the same place with our dog training and why to do one thing.
- The reason I end all of my blog posts with gratitude.
- All about the exercise of behaving gratitudinaeously and the dog you love.
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Episode Transcript
Hi! Is it possible that I have passed my stress onto my dogs?
I’ve had a few dogs that I feel I have ‘passed my stress’ down the leash.
These were with other dogs, not Amber.
My fear was (as they were not well trained, yet in my mind they were, as they all did the basics :sit, down, etc.)
Amber came to me, seemingly having some stress (we believe it was a man who broke her hip when she 9 months or less). She is anxious with my husband, yet they have a routine in the morning were she runs to him!)
I’ve thought about this for years. I’m having my service dog trained my someone I know, as I don’t want to ‘ruin’ a Dog’s personality?
Any thoughts are appreciated. Thankfully, we found your program. Amber sits on her mat while make dinner , is great at IYC plus a number of other things.
We are still working on our lessons. I hope to video one to you soon.
Thanks!
Hi Tami, you are doing great! There’s a paper on how our dogs might pick up our emotions. Here’s the link for you:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320265642_Interspecies_transmission_of_emotional_information_via_chemosignals_from_humans_to_dogs_Canis_lupus_familiaris
I’m a firm believer in being grateful, but I sometimes need a reminder as to how grateful I truly am. In the two months that I’ve had my 7 yo dog and all the known and unknown behavioral issues she came with, I am so grateful for the progress she has made and the grateful stacking is something I am going to continue to do each night. Thank you.
Thank you for this podcast Susan. My mind tends to go round and round about the challenges my 3 month old JRT is throwing me. It’s so obvious, but I needed to be reminded about focus on the positive things.
I loved this so much. Doing Recallers and am daily reminded of how much I don’t know about dog training, which can be discouraging, but you are making it so much more of a personal journey for me and much less of a task that must be done so that I can have a well-behaved pet. I love the harmony that is being fostered in our relationships, and every time I reset my mind and attitude toward how I can set my doggos up for success, we have better sessions. Thanks!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this podcast! Yes, I have been stressing about my dog’s stress and this was so timely. We are visiting my elderly father-in-law and have our two dogs with us. I was stressing over how my dogs were going to react to Dad’s walker, shuffling of feet, and just plained worried that they would get in his way and cause him to fall. I even checked out kennels as a back up plan if needed. Well, my dogs are behaving beautifully! My standard poodle can also be dog selective and while out walking yesterday, a huge dog came charging at us, terrifying me and I yelled, “no, no, no”. Turns out the dog was just excited at the thought of making new friends. Fortunately, my husband had hold of her leash and remained calmed. All dogs sniffed each other and we just continued on our walk as the owner called his dog back. “Yesterday ended last night.” Today is a new day and I am choosing not to stress!
Such an awesome Podcast, in fact I watched the Gratitudiously E-Book yesterday and made my own project which will remind me of how special my boy is. Thank you, just love this.
I think ” woo” is just something science hasn’t explained yet ( and I’m a scientist). I like being open to woo. I loved this podcast — so many great ideas. May I offer 5 zero -calorie vegan chocolate chips cookies? 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪
Loved this Podcast! Very much from the heart to the heart. Will do this exercise everyday! Thank you Susan.